Not that I speak in regard to need, for I have learned in whatever state I am, to be content. Philippians 4:11 The circumstances of his life didn’t determine Paul’s mood — he wasn’t happy when he had plenty and sad when he had nothing. God’s faithfulness satisfied him. But notice something, he didn’t just…
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Then Saul said, “I have sinned. Return, my son David. For I will harm you no more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Indeed I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.” 1 Samuel 26:21 King Saul ‘s response to David’s question asking what David had done to warrant such hatred…
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Now Ahab told Jezebel everything Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah to say, “May the gods deal with me, be it ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I do not make your life like that of one of them.” Elijah was afraid[a] and…
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For when God made a promise to Abraham, because He could swear by no one greater, He swore by Himself, saying, “Surely blessing I will bless you, and multiplying I will multiply you.” And so, after he had patiently endured, he obtained the promise. Hebrews 6:13-15 How do you feel about God’s promises? Will He keep them? Will they come in a…
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Commit your way to the Lord, Trust also in Him, And He shall bring it to pass. Psalm 37:5 There are people who always wonder where God is in their lives. Things aren’t going their way and they don’t feel like God is around. David wrote Psalm 37 later in life and his main point was to stop…
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Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this? Esther 4:14b One of the most difficult things that goes hand in hand with walking by faith is when uncertain times fall upon us. To follow Jesus and trust that He holds us firmly in His hands can be…
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All those who see Me ridicule Me; they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, “He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him; let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!” Psalm 22:7-8 Psalm 22, written approximately 1,000 years prior to Jesus’ birth, depicts the physical and emotional suffering that He…
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To him the doorkeeper opens, and the sheep hear his voice, and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. John 10:3 In the morning, the shepherds would come through the door and call their sheep and get their flock together to go out for the day. We have all heard many sermons…
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I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me. John 17:23 Everywhere you turn, people are looking for love, yet who else can love us the way God loves…
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